Kansas Implements Random Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients

Kansas Implements Random Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients

As we start a new year, Kansas is working out the details on how it will go about implementing its new law that allows officials to randomly drug test those applying for welfare benefits.

Missouri enacted a similar law last March. The results are now in on Missouri’s experiment and after spending nearly half a million dollars on the program, 20 people tested positive for drug use. And nearly 200 refused to comply and were denied benefits.